2024年2月21日星期三

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Japan trust fund net outflows triple in December
Reuters - USA
Investors turned more bearish on the prospects for Japan's recession-hit economy, uncertainty about the state of the US economy, and deteriorating Japanese ...

On a personal note, “The Last Supper” marked the final step in my summiting of Mount Cusk, as I have now read all of the author’s books. Among the conclusions reached were these three:

1) Cusk is fond of the word exiguous (meaning paltry or inadequate), which appears in multiple books.

2) Her “Outline” trilogy of novels is the best place to begin if you’re Cusk-curious.

3) She is a writer for those who admire prose that is rich in ideas, granular in detail and spare in syntax.

granular

/ˈɡranjʊlə/

adjective

1.
resembling or consisting of small grains or particles.
Similar:
powder
powdered
powdery
grainy
granulated
gritty
sandy
comminuted
2.
TECHNICAL
characterized by a high level of granularity.
"a granular database"

emit
verb [T] -tt-
to send out a beam, noise, smell or gas:
The alarm emits infra-red rays which are used to detect any intruder.
The machine emits a high-pitched sound when you press the button.

emission noun
1 [U] when gas, heat, light, etc. is sent out:
The Green Party have called for a substantial reduction in the emission of greenhouse gases by the UK.

2 [C] an amount of gas, heat, light, etc. that is sent out:
The increased use of natural gas will help reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

outflow

n.

The act or process of flowing out: watched the outflow of the tide.
1. Something that flows out: an outflow of water from a power plant.
2. The amount flowing out: a heavy outflow of cash from the country.

intr.v., -flowed, -flow·ing, -flows.

To issue or stream out, in or as if in a flow: Too much money is outflowing from our household.

pour

IN BRIEF: To enable a liquid or granular substance to flow from a container. Also: To produce or emit continuously.

Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

v. tr. - 倒, 注, 灌, 大量投入, 傾注, 大量生產
v. intr. - 傾瀉, 湧流, 倒起來, 斟茶, 傾盆而降
n. - 流出, 驟雨, 傾瀉
━━ vt. 注ぐ; 流す ((out)); （お茶を）つぐ; （金・労力を）つぎ込む; （光を）降り注がせる; （弾丸を）浴びせる ((out, forth)); （建物などが人を）大量に吐き出す; とうとうと述べる ((out, forth)).
━━ vi. 流れ出る ((down, forth, out)); 流れ込む ((into)); ((itを主語として)) （雨が）激しく降る ((down)); お茶をつぐ; ((副詞（句）を伴って)) （容器が）注げる; （話などが）とめどなく出て来る; （人が）どっと押し寄せる［出る］.